NEWS

SUPERCARS dominate this week’s Car Dealer Podcast, headlined by the world’s fastest production car ever! Yup, Bugatti has cracked the record in the mighty Veyron SuperSport – but how fast? Well, our man Alex reveals all in the video. He also talk about Renault’s new electric supercar, and an American supercar that is, apparently, going [...]

AUDI is to fit headcams to its technicians that will allow car owners to watch what’s going on with their motor – live. The Audi Direct Reception system means customers will be given a two-way link with the Audi technician. This means they will be able to talk to them while they work! Owners will [...]

CAR dealers can get their own professionally-presented video for their website with a new tool from Starkwood Media Group. The Autopresenter tool lets dealers create a bespoke, unique high-quality video for their site. This can ‘introduce’ the website to visitors. Dealers can choose from a range of real presenters, who will deliver around 250 words [...]

HEADLINING our video podcast this week is news Ferrari is to make the 599 even more to-die-for with a droptop option. We can’t wait – but we can wait for the Renault Latitude, which sits at the other end of the desirability scale. A new car from sportscar maker (and Le Mans regular) Panoz is [...]

SUBARU Cosworth Impreza fans had better check out this week’s podcast for gen on Subaru’s 400bhp monster! It’s been given the once-over in a week that has also seen the debut of an all new supercar from down under, and the surprise announcement of bargain Nissan Juke list prices. We can even bring you a [...]

CAR dealers are missing an opportunity by not emulating Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear on their own websites. Just 7 percent of top dealer websites have a video feed, reckons web experts GForces. That’s despite independent internet monitors showing online video websites experienced a 180 percent traffic rise in one year alone. By eschewing the [...]

CAR Dealer Magazine has been busy newsgathering for our hit weekly podcast which is now ready for you to enjoy. This week, our man Alex has been wondering why (how) 4 in every 5 BMW owners don’t know their cars are rear-wheel drive, and also musing on just who it was that wrote off a [...]

EVER wanted to see inside the McLaren Technology Centre? Well, now you can in our exclusive video. On Thursday we were at the Woking HQ to see the £170k McLaren MP4-12C unveiled. In this video we talk to the man behind the hunt for dealers to sell the car and chat to the chief designer [...]

RTS Consultants has opened a hi-tech new studio that allows car dealers to easily produce and deliver webcasts. The new RTS GLOcomms Studio is equipped with all the latest production gear, allowing the creation of webinars, podcasts and webcasts. It’s been set up to allow car makers and dealer groups to give cross-network training and [...]

HERE it is – the video that proves we really did enter a banger race in a Hyundai i10 and live to tell the tale… RIGHT, I’m not auditioning for a slot on Top Gear – a presenter I am not – however alongside our Hyundai i10 banger race feature that graces the cover of [...]

TOP GEAR star Jeremy Clarkson was left ‘flushed’ with embarrassment after being locked in a toilet. The TV presenter was trapped by pranksters in a portable loo in Mallorca earlier this week. Fans stacked up tyres outside the door while Clarkson was inside – and filmed him as he tried to escape. The footage was [...]